Gold falls further after Fed minutes

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures closed lower on Comex Wednesday and fell even further in electronic trading after minutes from the Federal Reserve showed that officials couldn't agree about the outlook for short-term interest rates, forward guidance, inflation and the state of the labor market. April gold
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was last at $1,316.70 an ounce in electronic trading on Globex, after settling at $1,320.40 on the Comex division of Nymex, down $4, or 0.3%, before the Fed minutes.

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